
ILLUSTRATIONS 
Frontispiece 
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The under side of the cephalo-thorax, showing attach- 
Ment Of leoss. ao ee Le ee es TE 
Mrs. Epeira’sleg. . . - - - ee + se ee es B 
Mrs. Epeira’sfoot . . . - - + + + + + + + 1 
‘¢ She performs all sorts of athletic feats”. . . . - 19 
ilce pal: cc Se GOST A et ce 8 Fe ee 
Maxilla with pap . . . - - - + + + + + e 28 
Diagram showing the poison-gland with the tube lead- 
ing to the tip of the poison-fang . . - - - + 26 
Mrs. Epeira’s eyes - - - - ee © ee et ee 29 
The six spinnerets 2 . 2 - - +s +» « + + 88 
Framework and spokes of Mrs. Epeira’s house . . . 37 
«“ She glides along the frail, swaying thread”. . . . 40 
Mrs. Epeira’s house with the foundation and the spiral 
seaffolding . . - + © + «© + © + + « « 48 
Mrs. Epeira’s finished house - - - - + + + + + 45 
‘Tt looks like a string of tiny beads” . . . . + + 46 
Two spokes of a web with the inelastic threads . . . AT 
The inelastic threads replaced by sticky threads. . . 47 
‘¢ There, it has touched the wheel”?. - - + + + > 48 
‘‘Ithas become a little white mummy’’. . - - - + 49 
‘¢Tt is a unique little room, shaped like a bell’? . . . 52 
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